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Etemenanki

Etemenanki, "The temple of the creation of heaven and earth", is the name of a ziggurat to Marduk in Babylon. Originally seven stories in height, little remains of it now save ruins.

Etemenanki is thought by some to be the Tower of Babylon.

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